Newspaper-holder.



No. 690,308. Patented Dec. 3|, l90l. M. MOHR.

NEWSPAPER HOLDER.

(Appiication filed May 21, 1901.)

(No Model.)

5 if y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MAX MOI-IR, or KoNicsEE, GERMANY.

NEWSPAPER-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 690,308, dated December 31, 1901.

Application filed May 21, 1901.

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, MAX MOHR, manufacturer, a subject of the Prince of Schwarzburg- Rudolstadt, residing at Konigsee, in the Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and German Empire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Newspaper-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The newspaper holder or frame according to my invention is characterized by the middle fold of the sheets being clamped against a bar or bars of wedge-shaped cross-section on the frame, so as to leave the text adjacent to the fold entirely free in contradistinction to the paper-holders used up to the present time, in which the text is always partly covered. The frame of the improved paper-holder can be hinged, so as to allow it to be partly or wholly folded about spring connections or hinges or the like, so that the paper can be read in a comfortable manner without necessitating the holding of the holder by hand, as it can be placed on the table in any desired posit-ion, similarly to a book or reading stand.

In the accompanying drawings the paperholder is shown in Figure 1 in front view and in Fig. 2 in side elevation, partly in section. Figs. 3 and 4 show various possible positions of the holder when bent about its hinges, while Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are details.

The holder a may be of wood, metal, cane, celluloid, or the like and in the example shown is formed of two jointed frames a o cl and a g f, provided with crossed wires, bars, or cords b or the like, these preferably equal parts being connected together by means of spring hinges or connections 0 and c. The left'hand edge of these frames elf-11. (2., those parts to which the middle fold of the newspapersheets h is clamped-is of wedge shape in cross-section, Fig. 5, so as to prevent the text from being clamped and covered. (See Fig.2.)

The clamping of the paper sheets h is effected in the present construction by means of thin wire rods or bars 76, hinged or flexibly attached to the frame g at '5, said wires being Serial No. 61,268. (No model.)

being inserted in the frame parts g2'. 6., on

closing the wire rods in, as shown in Fig. 1 in dotted lines-by spring-catches n or the like, pivoted at n in a mortise in the body of the frame. A spring 71 acts upon the rear end 0 of the catch to normally hold the opposite end thereof within the mortise and into engagement with the pin m. If it is desired to remove the newspaper-o. 6., to release the clamp-rods lc-it is sufficient to depress the ends 0 of the catches 11, thereby releasing the latter from engagement with the notches m in the pin m, Figs. 1 and 6. This clamping device can of course be constructed differently and does not form an essential part of this invention.

The holder may obviously be formed of more 7 than two hinged parts, although for most. pur poses two will be found sufficient.

' Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is- A newspaper-holder, comprising two frames hinged together and adapted to be folded to and from each other, one side bar of each frame being wedge-shaped in cross-section and each having a mortise in one face thereof, a catch pivoted in each mortise, a clampingrod pivotally connected to the reduced edge of each wedge-shaped bar, and a pin on each rod adapted to engage with the said catches to hold the rods in locked position.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MAX MOHR.

Witnesses: I I

ERNEST GUMPERT, R. HARMON. 

